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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – Six Munson Army Medical Center pharmacy team members have been recognized as top performers in the Defense Health Network West at the Defense Health Agency’s annual Civilian Pharmacist of the Year competition.The winners are as follows:Jarrod Miller, PharmD, Outpatient Pharmacist of the Year Jason Brozek, PharmD, JD, Pharmacist of the Year Wendy Harmon, PharmD, Pharmacist of the Year Marketa Lanier, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist of the Year Cristina Papolo, CPhT, Pharmacy Technician of the Year Jessica Leradahl, CPhT, Pharmacy Technician of the Year Munson’s teammates will compete in DHA-level competition, with the winner scheduled to be…

Steward Health Care has signed agreements to sell four Massachusetts hospitals to new owners, a move that will avert the closure of those facilities after months of concern that communities could lose access to critical medical facilities.The Dallas-based company announced Thursday that it has signed “definitive agreements” to sell St. Ann’s Hospital and Morton Hospital to Providence-based Lifespan Health System and both Holy Family Hospital campuses to Lawrence General Hospital.The company, which has been going through bankruptcy proceedings for the past year, said it is “finalizing agreements” to sell both Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton and St. Elizabeth Medical…

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is leading a first-of-its-kind global network to revolutionize healthcare through engineering-based solutions to health problems around the world. The Global Consortium for New Healthcare Innovation and Engineering is an international public-private-government collaboration that aims to leverage expertise across disciplines and geographic boundaries to accelerate the development of innovative solutions that impact human health. Combining the expertise of medical and engineering schools, universities, researchers and students, industry and government leaders, philanthropists and foundations, the consortium is well positioned to drive innovation in medicine…

It’s no secret that parenthood can be stressful, but some families may be surprised to learn that the U.S. Surgeon General, who is also a father of two, considers it a “major public health issue.” “In addition to the traditional challenges of parenting – protecting children from harm, worrying about money, and caring for teenagers seeking independence – there are new stressors that previous generations didn’t have to consider,” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., said in an advisory on parental mental health and well-being. He calls for society as a whole to acknowledge these stressors and changes and mitigate…

Richard D’Aquila, MD, Howard Taylor Ricketts, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and senior vice dean for clinical and translational research; The Northwestern University Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) has received $55 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to accelerate the development, evaluation and implementation of improved medical interventions. The seven-year grant is the largest ongoing research grant at Northwestern University and continues a tradition of NIH funding that has existed since the institute was founded in 2008. “Clinical and translational research does not occur in a vacuum, and it…

The National Institutes of Health is offering awards of up to $485,000 to encourage community-based organizations to develop and implement strategies to reduce health disparities for people with disabilities. Organizations that participate in the Community Champions for Disability Health Challenge will also receive training and mentorship opportunities. The challenge is led by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health.”People with disabilities often experience preventable health disparities, many of which result from systemic factors rather than their disabling condition,” said Theresa Cruz, PhD, director of NICHD’s National Center for…

ATLANTA, GA (IvanhoeNewswire) – You literally feel breathless and fatigued, and it’s hard to stand or even walk. This is a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which the walls of the heart’s main pumping chamber thicken and stiffen, preventing it from pumping enough blood. Two million people worldwide suffer from this condition, but now a groundbreaking treatment hopes to hotwire the heart back to life. Nothing is stopping 83-year-old Elberta Jenkins.”I walk a lot. I go shopping. I go to thrift stores. I keep moving. I have to keep moving,” Elberta said.However, a malfunctioning heart valve nearly killed her.She…

Vascular surgeon Dr. Justin Daddario and his vascular team at the University of Connecticut John Dempsey Hospital are at the forefront of innovative new limb-sparing techniques for severe and complex peripheral artery disease (PAD). On January 25th, D’Addario performed the first replacement surgery in New England using DETOUR technology. Then in May, he made history again by becoming the first in Connecticut to use the Esprit Esprit™ BTK Everolimus-Eluting Absorbable Scaffold System, an FDA-approved drug-eluting absorbable scaffold. Additionally, he was the first to use Esprit BTK in conjunction with DETOUR, combining these two cutting-edge products to improve limb salvage outcomes.…

Investment management firm Carillon Tower Advisors released the 2024 second quarter investor letter for the Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Small cap stocks were unable to sustain the positive gains of the first quarter, ending the second quarter in the negative. Among style indexes, the Russell 2000® Growth Index slightly outperformed the Russell 2000® Value Index, losing 2.92% versus a loss of 3.75%. Additionally, to know the best picks for 2024, check out the fund’s top five holdings.In its Q2 2024 investor letter, the Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund…

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. After a call for police assistance with a mentally ill man at a Tucson gas station turned deadly, resulting in the deaths of the responding sheriff’s deputy, the man, and a cab driver who stopped to assist, local leaders began work in 2005 on a better way to respond to people in crisis. It was a multiyear endeavor. Local voters passed a $15 million bond to fund the construction of Tucson’s new 24/7 crisis center where individuals could…